Summertime in Dallas

SHORTLY BEFORE 3 PM CDT…THE TEMPERATURE AT DFW AIRPORT CLIMBED TO100 DEGREES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR THAT DFW AIRPORT HASREACHED THE CENTURY MARK. THIS IS THE 6TH LATEST FIRST 100-DEGREEDAY.

THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 2 YEARS IN THE 109-YEAR* HISTORY OFOBSERVATIONS FOR THE OFFICIAL DALLAS FORT WORTH SITE WHEN WE DID NOTHIT 100 DEGREES…1906 AND 1973.

IN THOSE YEARS WHEN WE HAVE HAD 100-DEGREE TEMPERATURES…THE FIRST100-DEGREE DAY HAS OCCURRED AS EARLY AS MARCH 9TH…BACK IN 1911…AND AS LATE AS AUGUST 23RD…BACK IN 1989. THE AVERAGE FIRSTDAY THAT WE REACH 100 DEGREES IS JUNE 30TH.

WE HAVE HAD 100-DEGREE TEMPERATURES EVERY MONTH FROM MARCHTHROUGH OCTOBER…WITH THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCE BEING MARCH 9TH ANDTHE LATEST OCCURRENCE BEING OCTOBER 3RD.

THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF 100-DEGREE DAYS IS 16. THE RECORD NUMBER OF100-DEGREE DAYS IS 69 WHICH OCCURRED IN 1980.